IZO™, the world’s most comprehensive cloud enablement platform launches today with:
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IZO™ Internet WAN: business-class SLAs over the public internet in partnership with over 20 service providers
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IZO™ Private: private connectivity to cloud service providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure
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IZO™ Public: prioritised content for Tata Communications’ enterprise customers
Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of Communications™ today launches IZO™, a global network platform for enhanced hybrid cloud enablement. A game changing new network platform – IZO™ brings a new way of tackling the complications and challenges that businesses face in realising the potential of the cloud. For the first time, a single provider offers access to a full ecosystem of network, cloud and data centre connectivity making it simple for a business to connect and build its cloud, their way – be it private, hybrid or public.
The IZO™ network platform takes the public internet and uniquely engineers it for predictable routing, together with enterprise cloud connectivity and interconnected data centres. Bringing together a growing ecosystem of over 20 service providers reaching 85% of the world’s GDP, two of the largest cloud platforms – Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure – and over 50 data centres across the globe, the IZO™ network delivers the most comprehensive cloud enablement platform available today.
The platform comprises of IZO™ Internet WAN, IZO™ Private and IZO™ Public – each of which tackle a significant issue faced by enterprises managing cloud solutions.
A first of its kind, IZO™ Internet WAN brings the security, flexibility and predictability of a private network to the public internet – with the global reach of the Internet. Through partnerships with 20 service providers around the world, IZO™ Internet WAN provides multi-national organisations deterministic routing of traffic with guaranteed end-to-end SLAs and business standard reporting. Multi-national businesses will now experience faster deployment times, whilst reducing their total cost of ownership by up to 30%, fostering more secure ways to capitalise on the cloud evolution.
IZO™ Private connects businesses to cloud service providers via private network connectivity. Through a global partnered interconnect arrangement under the AWS Direct Connect program with Amazon Web Services and Azure ExpressRoute program with Microsoft, companies now have access to a one-stop-shop for end-to-end management to ensure network performance and end-user experience.
Vinod Kumar, Managing Director and CEO, Tata Communications says, “We’re taking the necessary steps towards making the Internet Fit For Business™ by bringing a new level of predictability and reliability to the public Internet that does not exist today. This isn’t something we can do alone and we’re joined in this initiative to bring about a new era of internet, by some of the world’s leading ISP and cloud providers as we collaborate to achieve a common goal. Cloud, in every form, continues to transform the way businesses operate, innovate and generate revenue. Our role is to make sure that we’re delivering a network that supports and enhances everybody’s network cloud.”
The third element of the platform is IZO™ Public which tags and prioritises content with guaranteed performance for Tata Communications enterprise customers. For businesses looking to deliver large volumes of content over the Internet, this service provides unparalleled performance, reach, and capacity ensuring a consistently good user experience.
Melanie Posey, Research Vice President at IDC, says, “The cloud is the new IT architecture for the next-generation enterprise. However, next-generation network architectures that are similarly dynamic and scalable have been slow to emerge. Neither enterprise WANs (expensive, static, and complex) nor the public Internet (“best-efforts” reliability, performance, and security) provide the right mix of scalability, rapid deployment capabilities, and multi-carrier reach required for secure, enterprise-grade connectivity to an ever expanding array of cloud-based IT and application resources. Tata Communications’ IZO™ enterprise WAN and cloud enablement platform leverages its extensive global network and the reach of its partner ecosystem to enable global organisations to harness the cloud – be it private, hybrid or public.”
The IZO™ network platform gives multi-national organisations the freedom to choose a cloud environment suited to their requirements with a platform backed by Tata Communications’ leading global network and global partnerships. Today, over 24% of the world’s Internet routes travel over Tata Communications’ network and the company is the only Tier-1 provider that is in the top five by routes in five continents.
Watch this space for further news on key industry players that are joining Tata Communications to make IZO™ a global phenomenon in the new internet era.
For more information: www.tatacommunications.com/izo
IZO™ twitter hashtag: #networkcloud and #yourIZO
IZO™ Internet WAN: launch partner quotes
Maciej Krzyzanowski, CEO of ATM S.A.
“Businesses are adopting cloud applications and platforms faster than ever before which makes the Internet a critical building-block of IT (WAN) architecture. ATMAN, the operator of fibre network in Poland and leader of the Polish data centre market, is proud to be a part of the Tata Communications’ global initiative to make the Internet more predictable – delivering better quality of service to businesses.”
Richard Fung, CEO, China Broadband Communications Co. Ltd.
“Industry experts predict that the majority of all new applications will be delivered via the cloud in the next few years. As enterprises accelerate cloud adoption in-line with this growth, having a network that is secure, flexible and predictable for the hybrid cloud becomes a critical success factor for businesses. CBCcom is committed to working together with Tata Communications to deliver business-class SLAs over the public internet for multi-national organisations – making the global internet more fit for this business purpose.”
Sui-lun Lo, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Owner, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited
“IZO™ Internet WAN is set to provide the next level of internet solutions with high stability, performance and determinist routing to deliver end-to-end business grade SLAs and high-performance connections. As an eco-system partner of this ground-breaking global service, HKBN, with ongoing expansions to our fibre network infrastructure and core network switching platform, continues to follow our commitment of being at the forefront of communications technologies. We are proud to work with Tata Communications, who is taking big strides in making the Internet usable for enterprise WANs and our multinational business customers.”
Murray Goodman, Head of Product, Kordia
“Our relationship with Tata Communications fits Kordia’s best-connected network service philosophy. The provision of a well-managed and high-performance network is key to the enablement of cloud services. We’re excited to partner with Tata Communications to provide a market-leading platform that helps enterprises meet their needs.”
Ted Higase, KVH President and Chief Executive Officer. KVH Co. Ltd.
“Enterprises around the world continue to make significant investments toward cloud adoption and we understand that cloud connectivity is soon expected to be the most important feature in today’s hyper-connected world. As the needs of Enterprises are evolving, Enterprise networks are becoming more complex with trends like BYOD, enterprise mobility, remote connectivity, and migration to the Cloud. We expect the Internet to be a key building block in our networks. KVH is keen to work with Tata Communications on this journey to cloud adoption.”
Mateo Ward, CEO, Neutrona Networks International LLC
“Businesses today are moving forward with cloud deployments at a rapid rate. In order for these cloud deployments to be successful, the right network infrastructure that enables cloud services over both private and public internet will be critical, especially due to the adoption of the hybrid cloud. Neutrona shares the same vision as Tata Communications in making the global public internet more fit for this business purpose by adding enterprise-grade security, flexibility and predictability to its internet services.”
Manuel Eanes, Executive Board Member, NOS Comunicações, S.A.
“The Internet has become the fastest growing WAN network in the world over the last decade. Analysts believe that the growth trend will continue and this has changed the way enterprises carry out their business. It becomes the major network component embraced by enterprises, especially for the hybrid cloud deployment. NOS is thrilled to be one of Tata Communications’ strategic partners to enable an internet that is fit for business.”
Nico Alcoseba, Corporate Business Solutions Head, PLDT
“Industry analysts foresee that by the end of 2017, nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments and a state-of-the-art platform is key to the success of this type of cloud implementation. PLDT is pleased to partner with Tata Communications to provide a market-leading platform that helps enterprises to meet their business needs.”
Alexander Rusli, President Director and CEO, PT Indosat TbK
“Global IP traffic has increased more than fivefold in the past five years, and market forecasts indicate that this will further increase threefold over the next five years with enterprise adoption of hybrid cloud. The right network connectivity is at the heart of supporting this trend – one that provides the security, flexibility and predictability of a private network to the public network. Indosat joins forces with Tata Communications in this global initiative that will boost performance and improve the quality of service in global internet for enterprises around the world.”
Sylvain Roy, Senior Vice-President, Wholesale at Rogers Communications.
“We are thrilled to be working with Tata Communications to address the connectivity needs of multi-national businesses in the Canadian market. The IZO™ platform will allow global businesses to operate smoothly and exchange data securely in their Canadian locations and we look forward to developing our relationship with Tata Communications to benefit our Canadian business customers.”
Benjamin Tan, VP International Business, StarHub
Enterprise adoption of cloud and the use of dedicated business internet access has been on the rise in the past few years. These trends are here to stay and rapid growth is expected in the coming years. In Singapore, StarHub operates an extensive fixed business network that provides a wide range of data, voice and wholesale services to serve businesses of any size. We are pleased to partner with Tata Communications to address opportunities emerging from these ICT trends.”
Charles Bligh, Managing Director, TalkTalk Business
“Today the key pointers in the global ICT landscape are the need for elastic bandwidths, cost effective secure access, superior application experiences, remote workforces and more. All of which point to the need for rapid cloud adoption. IZO™ Internet WAN is a game changing deployment of a global Internet-based WAN service that gives businesses the flexibility and predictability of a private network, with the global reach of the Internet – an enabler for businesses to stay competitive. TalkTalk is delighted to be the first UK connectivity supplier to Tata Communications for this service.”
Phung Van Cuong, Deputy General Director, Viettel
“Emerging markets play an important role in global connectivity solutions. With the rapid growth of the Internet and hybrid cloud strategies being deployed globally, it is imperative that the Internet’s strengths are leveraged to scale enterprise connectivity requirements and cloud access. Viettel sees Tata Communications’ initiative as the right direction to bring the industry together to address the needs of enterprises with its IZO™ platform.”
